American Antislavery Songs: A Collection and Analysis (Documentary Reference Collections)

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This comprehensive collection of 492 songs constitutes a body of work surprisingly large in proportion and revealing in scope. Drawn from a wide variety of sources, it’s the only collection of antislavery songs currently in print. The songs are organized in six sections representing variations of antislavery thought and activity. Compiled from songs in the beginning printed with music, lyrics with designated tunes, and lyrics another way indicating that they were in fact, sung, the book follows a chronology that may be historically meaningful. There is an explanatory introduction for each and every section, in which both the music and the lyrics are discussed. Sources are included for each and every song and five indexes provide able get right of entry to to creator, title, tune, first line, and subject. The creator’s extensive introductory essay examines the historical background of the antislavery movement and its music.

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